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To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? Use documents and your knowledge of the period 1750 to 1776 to answerthe question.

By the eve of the revolution, particularly the period between 1750 to 1776, the colonists had united to fight wars in defense of each other, called inter-colonial meetings in regard to "national" threats, and introduced a new race to the world: the American, whom had a mix of all European blood.
The French and Indian War and the conflicts that would lead up to the American Revolution both proved to the world that America, although young, was a force to be reckoned with. The French and Indian War was fought over the Ohio Valley; the invading French were seen as threats to the expanding British colonies. From Virginia to Maine, colonists fought to their victory in 1763, which resulted in an almost complete abandonment by the French of all their North American claims- an......

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